Re: Wet Coils

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

LN2 is a pretty good insulator, and doesn't have much dipole moment, so I'd
expect the dielectric constant to be pretty low (like oil?).  The Q would be
quite high, because at 77K, the resistance of the wire will be quite a bit
lower than it is at 300K.  Ballparking, a Q improvement of 4, maybe even
more...

Have at it...
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Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Wet Coils


> Original poster: "Mark Fergerson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mfergerson1-at-cox-dot-net>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: (I have no idea; attributions totally screwed up)
>
> > Cool!  So it appears that gross humidity does not appear to have any or
> > only a tiny affect on inductance.  I don't think this test has ever been
> > mentioned before.  I am sure the Q dropped like a rock but the
inductance
> > held up.  "I" didn't think that would be the case.  Shows what I know
;o))
>
>   Oh, dang. I have the feeling this kills my hope of
> immersing a coil in LN2. Anybody know what parameter of LN2
> I ought to be looking up to determine if it too will drop Q?
>
> > >>Paul can predict by computer that a lot of the Q variation is due to
copper
> > >resistance changing with temperature
>
>   OTOH the relatively constant temperature of boiling LN2
> will keep Q constant. But at what value?
>
> <snip>
>
> > http://www.abelian.demon.co.uk/tssp/tcma/
>
>   Oh, nice page. "Energy loss budget" is something that's
> been worrying me.
>
> <snip>
>
> > ...  Been writing web pages all day and burnt now...
> >  It is non-TC related but:
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/antibubbles/
> >
> > Ouch!  Unlike everyone else, the moderator can smack me for sneaking in
> > non-TC stuff ;o))))
>
>   Funny, the page won't display. "Too many people
> accessing". Heh.
>
>   Mark L. Fergerson
>
>
>